Amid deepening coalition crisis in Karnataka, action shifts to Delhi on Friday with the Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka Speaker to maintain status quo as of Friday with regard to resignation and disqualification of 10 rebel MLA’s
There seems to be no end to the political crisis in Karnataka anytime soon. An action-packed Thursday — the rebel MLAs in the crisis-hit ruling JD(S)-Congress coalition flew to Bengaluru to meet Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar. The Speaker moved Supreme Court asking for more time to decide on these MLAs’ resignation and Chief Minister HD Kuramaswamy put up a brave face claiming his government still has the numbers and he does not need to resign.
The rebel MLAs, who met the Speaker at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, have returned to the posh hotel in Mumbai. In Delhi, the Supreme Court took up the pleas and directed the Speaker to maintain status quo on resignation and disqualification of 10 rebel MLAs till July 16.